119-hr4472

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4472 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4472

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the punishment for 
 certain offenses involving children, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 16, 2025

Mr. Vasquez (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
 committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the punishment for 
 certain offenses involving children, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Coyotes' Oppression and 
Organized Trafficking, and Ensuring Safety Act'' or the ``Stop COYOTES 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after 

section 2251A the following:
``

Sec. 2251B. Offenses involving children
 ``

    (a) Offense.--Any person who commits a felony offense involving a 
minor under 

section 1201, 1466A, 1470, 1591, 1594, 2241, 2242, 2243, 
2244, 2245, 2251, 2251A, 2260, 2421, 2422, 2423, or 2425, within 1,000 
feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, 
vocational, or secondary school or a public or private college, junior 
college, or university, school-sponsored activity, or a playground, or 
housing facility owned by a public housing authority, or within 100 
feet of a public or private youth center, public park, public 
playground, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility, shall be 
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to 10 years in addition to 
the imprisonment imposed for the offense under that provision. The 
sentence imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any 
sentence imposed for the offense under that provision.
 ``

    (b) Minor Defined.--In this section, the term `minor' means an 
individual who has not attained 18 years of age.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 110 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to 

section 2251A the following new item:

``2251B. Offenses involving children.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASED PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING FENTANYL.

 

Section 401

    (b)

    (1) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
841

    (b)

    (1) ) is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (A) , in the matter following clause
            (viii) --
        (A) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $15,000,000)'' after ``$10,000,000'';
        (B) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $75,000,000)'' after ``$50,000,000'';
            (C) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $30,000,000)'' after ``$20,000,000''; and
            (D) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $112,500,000)'' after ``$75,000,000''; and

    (2) in subparagraph
        (B) , in the matter following clause
            (viii) --
        (A) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $7,500,000)'' after ``$5,000,000'';
        (B) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $37,500,000)'' after ``$25,000,000'';
            (C) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $12,000,000)'' after ``$8,000,000''; and
            (D) by inserting ``(or, in the case of a violation 
 involving a substance described in clause
            (vi) , 
 $75,000,000)'' after ``$50,000,000''.

SEC. 4. INFORMATION SHARING AND REPORTING.

    (a) Information Sharing.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure that the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection share the 
information described in subsection
            (c) that is collected by each 
respective department with each other, and with--

    (1) State law enforcement agencies in States along a land 
 border of the United States; and

    (2) local law enforcement agencies that serve jurisdictions 
 located not more than 100 miles from a land border of the 
 United States.

    (b) Report to Congress.--On the date that is 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days therefter, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to Congress the information 
described in subsection
            (c) that has been collected during the previous 
180-day period by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection.
            (c) Information Described.--The information described in this 
subsection is information about the following:

    (1) The unlawful entry of aliens along the southern border 
 of the United States.

    (2) Severe forms of trafficking in persons and sex 
 trafficking (as defined in 

section 103 of the Trafficking 
 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)) occurring in 
 the United States, including cases in which the victim of 
 trafficking was smuggled into the United States from Mexico.

    (3) The smuggling of aliens as described in 

section 274

    (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324

    (a) ).

    (4) The kidnapping of aliens outside of the United States 
 for the purpose of smuggling such aliens into and trafficking 
 such aliens in the United States.

    (5) Abuse and assault of aliens committed by traffickers 
 and smugglers.

    (6) The smuggling of controlled substances (as such term is 
 defined in 

section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
 U.S.C. 802)) and firearms (as such term is defined in 

section 921 of title 18, United States Code) into the United States.

    (7) The prevalence of the involvement of gangs and 
 transnational criminal organizations in the activities 
 described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (6) .
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